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Spinoff story
CO2 Sensors Monitor Vehicle Emissions from Above
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Through the ASCENDS project, NASA hopes to learn more about how carbon dioxide (CO2) seasonally concentrates and dissipates in the atmosphere. A contractor from Langley Research Center who worked on the project went on to found Knoxville, Tennessee-based Hager Environmental and Atmospheric Technologies (HEAT) Inc. HEAT_s first product, based on a NASA sensor designed to measure atmospheric CO2 from space, remotely measures car and truck emissions and is currently used by four U.S. states to check vehicle compliance.